28/02/2021
FRITZ!OS 7.25 rollout has started (currently only for FRITZ!Box 7590)
# Top functions of FRITZ!OS
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- Priority for working from home - Easy to enable prioritization of a computer for internet access
- FRITZ!Fon displays weather forecast on the start screen (currently only available for germany)
- FRITZ! Smart Home now supports DECT compatible roller shutters
- Smart Home: Lightsequence "Wakeup/Sleep" for FRITZ!DECT 500 and compatible DECT LEDs
- Smart Home: TOP - Perfect indoor climate with FRITZ!DECT†440 - humidity information at a glance
- For FRITZ!Box's integrated fax machine: Log of received and sent faxes
- Telefony: TOP - Many improvements to user interface for using the telephone book, call diversion and call blocks
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# New functions of FRITZ!OS 7.25
# # Internet:
- **NEW** Prioritization of a home network device can now be enabled on the FRITZ!Box user interface
# # Telephony:
- **NEW** Fax function: Log for received and sent faxes
- **NEW** Support for the "Telekom CompanyFlex" business telephony platform (SIP trunk and cloud PBX)
# # DECT/FRITZ!Fon:
- **NEW** New start screen with current weather information (currently only available for germany)
# # Smarthome:
- **NEW** FRITZ!DECT 440 measures humidity and allows its display with FRITZ!App†Smart†Home and FRITZ!Fon
- **NEW** FRITZ!DECT†440 displays the QR code for simple connection with the Wi-Fi guest access
- **NEW** Smart Home: Lightsequence "Wakeup/Sleep" for FRITZ!DECT 500 and compatible DECT LEDs
- **NEW** Guest Access or answering machine can be switched on and off at the touch of a button on the FRITZ!DECT†440
- **NEW** Roller shutter control via FRITZ!DECT 440, FRITZ!Fon, and the FRITZ!Box user interface
- **NEW** At the touch of a button on FRITZ!DECT 440 or 400, an internal phone rings and displays a message
# Further Improvements of FRITZ!OS 7.25
# # Internet:
- **Improved** Assignment to devices added to the access profile settings in the parental controls
- **Improved** Device status (active/not active) is displayed in the selection of devices for port sharing
- **Improved** Clearer display of port sharing overview on mobile devices
- **Improved** Independent port sharing settings for a device are now permitted when the request was made over IPv6 for the IPv4 address of the device - and vice versa
- **Improved** Event message when port 80 temporarily released for sharing in order to issue certificate for letsencrypt.org
- **Improved** DNS over TLS (DoT) more robust
- **Fixed** In certain scenarios, IP client operating mode could not be configured correctly via LAN with DHCP
- **Fixed** Formatting errors occured in the configuration of IPv6 routes
- **Fixed** Display corrected in the port sharing overview
- **Fixed** After activating DNS over TLS (DoT) and longer run times, certain websites could no longer be resolved
- **Fixed** After update of FRITZ!OS†7.03 or older, the IP address was not refreshed on MyFRITZ!Net (DynDNS)
- **Fixed** Repeated dropping and reestablishment of VPN connections after automatic disconnection
- **Fixed** IPv6: After the home network prefix was refreshed, invalid IPv6 addresses for guest access were not deleted
- **Fixed** Changes to access profiles were sometimes rejected groundlessly with the error message "The list of blocked network applications with this ID already exists."
- **Fixed** "PTR" type DNS queries were not always resolved correctly
- **Fixed** IPv6: In IPv6 route advertisement (RA) with option 25 (Recursive DNS Server), sometimes bits from the "Reserved" field were set
- **Fixed** After restoring factory settings, the first VPN connection configured no longer worked
- **Fixed** After importing a configuration with an alternative LAN IPv4 network, the local DNS server remained in the old network after settings were adopted
- **Fixed** The TR-064 parameter WANAccess was sometimes incorrect ("granted") when no WAN was available upon restart
- **Fixed** "PTR" type DNS resolutions were not always possible
- **Fixed** Sending of advanced support data did not trigger a push mail
- **Fixed** When a saved configuration was adopted selectively, not all of the push mails originally configured were adopted
- **Fixed** VPN connections via L2TP (e.g. in Windows 10) were unexpectedly slow
- **Fixed** Device block had no effect in certain scenarios
- **Fixed** When a FRITZ!Box was operated behind certain cable modems, brief interruptions of the internet connection occurred every 12 hours
- **Fixed** In factory settings the first VPN connection could not be enabled for a single instance
- **Fixed** Expanded failover protection with mobile dongles in modem mode did not work when using a non-functioning ADSL line
- **Fixed** Expanded failover protection with mobile dongles and internet access via WAN/LAN†1 was not started under certain initial conditions present at the time of activation
- **Fixed** Online Monitor for mobile communications did not always show data when "Advanced failover protection" was enabled
# # DSL:
- **Improved** Better stability and interoperability
- **Improved** Better interoperability with Long Reach VDSL
- **Improved** Improved supervectoring 35b on some remote sites
# # Wireless:
- **Improved** Reworked "Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi Channel" page
- **Improved** Improved auto channel function after detection of interference sources (5-GHz band)
- **Improved** Improved messages on Wi-Fi under "System / Event Log"
- **Improved** Detection of multiple parallel WPS activations improved
- **Improved** New message under "System / Event Log" when the maximum number of wireless repeaters is exceeded
- **Improved** Naming of Wi-Fi guest access (SSID, preassigned) depends on selected language
- **Change** In "Mesh Repeater" operating mode, only Wi-Fi networks with visible names are shown for selection of the Mesh Master
- **Fixed** Erroneous display of bandwidth in connections with HUAWEI†P30 corrected
- **Fixed** After radar detection with reduced power mode (Green AP), initialization problems occurred in combination with 160†MHz bandwidth (VHT160)
- **Fixed** After a FRITZ!OS update, the "Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi Channel" page did not show any Wi-Fi channels, and in some circumstances, no Wi-Fi networks in the environment
- **Fixed** Activation of WPS immediately after the Mesh Master was started frequently led to non-DBDC uplinks to Mesh Repeaters
- **Fixed** Incorrect message under "System / Event Log" for WPS during DFS wait time
# # Mesh:
- **Improved** Improved indications about adoption of settings enabled for a FRITZ!Box as Mesh Repeater
- **Fixed** Incorrect formatting in the mobile view of the "Mesh Settings" page on a FRITZ!Box in "Mesh Repeater" mode
- **Fixed** Settings for Wi-Fi schedule could not be changed under some circumstances, if the setting "FRITZ!Box as a Mesh Repeater" was used
- **Fixed** For a FRITZ!Box configured as Mesh Master, but not as router (DHCP server), name and IP address of the router could not be changed
- **Fixed** Display of Wi-Fi channel bandwidth in the user interface on the Mesh Master was sometimes different on the Mesh Repeater
# # Smarthome:
- **Improved** Smart Home: Improved - Template for fast changes to color settings and brightness on FRITZ!DECT†500
# # Telephony:
- **Improved** Completely reworked settings pages for call diversion and call blocks
- **Improved** First Configuration wizard offers configuration of a telephone
- **Improved** Call diversions offer option to divert selected calls to a certain telephone on the FRITZ!Box
- **Improved** Setting for using internal fax machine added to "Send faxes only"
- **Improved** The "Email" and "RSS" tabs are hidden in the "Telephony / Telephony Devices" menu when DECT is switched off
- **Improved** Display and management of entries in telephone books completely reworked (among others, photo visible in overview, columns can be selected for display, and selection of multiple entries added as well as copying and moving entries between telephone books)
- **Improved** Settings for sending and receiving faxes combined under "Telephony / Telephony Devices"
- **Improved** After all new received fax documents in the fax log have been opened, the "Info" LED stops flashing
- **Improved** Integration of multiple CardDAV telephone books supported
- **Improved** Better compatibility of the FRITZ!Box's SIP registrar to the SIP client LinPhone
- **Improved** Better compatibility to telephone providers Easybell and VoIPfoneUK
- **Improved** Enhanced compatibility for encrypted telephony
- **Improved** For country setting "Germany" and telephone number configured automatically by provider, the area code included in the number is detected automatically and adopted in the line settings
- **Improved** Voice quality better for telephone calls in mobile networks and for international calls
- **Improved** Forwarding of calls accepted on Snom IP telephones supported without query
- **Improved** Stability
- **Change** Adjustment to the changed behavior of the T-Net-Box when calls are rejected, for instance due to call blocks
- **Fixed** Web address of the CardDAV server could not be changed in online telephone books after entry
- **Fixed** On a FRITZ!Box used as a Mesh Repeater for telephony, it was possible to edit the telephony numbers adopted from the Mesh Master and also to create new telephony numbers
- **Fixed** Telekom SIP trunking account could not be disabled
- **Fixed** In integrated iCloud contacts (Apple), first and last names were sometimes displayed in inconsistent order
- **Fixed** During synchronization of entries in online contacts (CardDAV), in certain constellations all email addresses were deleted
- **Fixed** Certain telephone numbers were temporarily not registered (among them Sipgate, EnviaTel, Teledate)
- **Fixed** Connections dropped after about 30 seconds for telephony connections secured by TLSonly (among others, KPN)
- **Fixed** In certain constellations, only one-way voice transmission was possible during telephony via IPv6
- **Fixed** Unsuitable presettings for telephony provider Vodafone Italy
- **Fixed** Registration of telephone numbers was not possible with telephony profile for provider Vodafone Italia
- **Fixed** Sporadic errors when faxing via T.38 connections
- **Fixed** No hold announcement after resetting to factory settings
- **Fixed** Pickup on IP telephones was possible for no longer than 4†seconds
- **Fixed** After a fax was sent, the name of a recipient selected via the telephone book was not displayed in the call list
- **Fixed** Editing of door intercom stations sometimes led to loss of email notification for door intercom stations
- **Fixed** After importing answering machine settings including saved messages into another FRITZ!Box model, sometimes the imported messages could no longer be played back
- **Fixed** Ring sequences incorrect for the country setting "Australia"
- **Fixed** Sporadic loss of schedule settings for the answering machine after updating FRITZ!OS
# # Home Network:
- **Improved** Faster display of network connections in very large networks
- **Improved** When leaving the device details a message concerning changed device names is displayed only if the name was actually changed
- **Change** When an individual name is set for the FRITZ!Box, the name of the working group for home network sharing ("USB/Storage") remains unchanged
- **Fixed** The section for blocking devices was displayed in the device details of guest devices even though this function is reserved for home network devices
- **Fixed** Changed IP settings of the FRITZ!Box were not offered for printing
- **Fixed** Time synchronization (NTP) was instable in certain scenarios
# # USB:
- **Improved** In fritz.nas, multiple files can be selected using the shift key
- **Fixed** Home network sharing of a network drive (SMB) was not visible under Network in Windows Explorer
- **Fixed** Data transmission via network drive function (SMB) failed with the Windows error message "STATUS_NO_MEMORY"
- **Fixed** Online storage was not always reconnected after automatic DSL disconnection
# # System:
- **Improved** Configuration wizard can be interrupted and resumed
- **Improved** Various usability improvements in the First Configuration wizard
- **Improved** Status overview page within the first configuration
- **Improved** Security query when leaving a page without saving changed settings
- **Improved** Saving and restoring settings now includes telephony data from the internal storage of the FRITZ!Box (ring tones, telephone book pictures, voice messages)
- **Improved** After support data have been sent to AVM, a second dispatch can be started immediately without any wait time
- **Improved** A password can be made visible during entry (eye icon) in the user interface
- **Improved** Corrected details in the "Diagnostics / Function" for Mesh and USB
- **Change** Offer to switch to "Level III: Notify me about new versions of FRITZ!OS and install new versions automatically (recommended)" is now offered after updating only when "Level II: Notify me about new versions of FRITZ!OS and install necessary updates automatically" was previously configured
- **Change** The option to log in to a FRITZ!Box (user interface) without a password, which was not recommended, is no longer supported *1
- **Change** If "only with the FRITZ!Box password" was set up for logging in to the user interface, a FRITZ!Box user with the name "fritz" and a random four-digit number together with the FRITZ!Box password will be created automatically. To log in to the user interface in the home network, entering the FRITZ!Box password is still sufficient. *2
- **Fixed** FRITZ!Box users could not be sorted in the overview
- **Fixed** Access profiles with blocked applications in parental controls were not available when settings were restored
- **Fixed** Number of messages in "System / Event Log" was too restricted in some areas
- **Fixed** Display of installation date for the last update was incorrect in certain scenarios
# # Mobile Communications:
- **Improved** New "Compatibility mode for mobile broadband dongles" option for generic integration of variants of known mobile broadband dongles
- **Improved** Country-specific list of mobile network providers when FRITZ!Box used with a USB mobile network dongle
- **Improved** Optimized details for "Advanced failover protection" setting
- **Improved** Mobile network provider "Magenta Mobil" added for Austria
- **Improved** Support for Huawei E3372h-320 USB mobile network dongle
*1. The home network login mode without a password, which is not recommended, is no longer supported. For the initial access to the user interface after the FRITZ!OS update, the user needs to assign a FRITZ!Box password (additional confirmation required)
*2. Automatic generation of a user according to the naming structure fritz and a random four-digit number if login before the update took place only with the FRITZ!Box password. Important information for developers of apps that would like to register with FRITZ!Box can be found at avm.de/service/schnittstellen
https://en.avm.de/products/fritzos/fritzos-725/
Take advantage of the updates for working from home! FRITZ!OS 7.25 also includes more than 70 new features and improvements for all FRITZ! products.
